Where does “Wedding” come from?
Wedding (Pennsylvania German) comes from Old High German wetti, from Proto-West Germanic wadi, from Proto-Germanic wadją, from Proto-Indo-European wedʰ- — to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to...
Wedding (Pennsylvania German): bet
Ancestry of “Wedding”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Old High German | wetti | pledge |
| 2 | Proto-West Germanic | wadi | wager, stake, pledge |
| 3 | Proto-Germanic | wadją | wager, stake, pledge |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | wedʰ- | to bind, to secure; to pledge, to guarantee; to... |